Maritime Reporter, March 1980

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Canada To Seek Bids On $C43-Million Drydock For Use At Halifax Shipyards A 43.5-million Canadian dollar agreement was signed recently for the purchase of an oversized Pan- amax floating dock for Halifax Shipyards of Nova Scotia. The new dock will be capable of handling all types and sizes of vessels up to 115,000 dwt, and when commissioned will enable Halifax Shipyards to carry out repairs to the vast majority of vessels trading in the North At- lantic area. The floating dock, tenders for which will be called for in early April, will be purchased by the Canadian Federal Government and the Provincial Government of Nova Scotia on an 80-20 cost- share basis and owned by the Government of Nova Scotia. It will then be leased to Halifax Industries. William J. Riley, president and chief executive officer of Halifax Industries, owner-operator of Halifax Shipyards, said: "The new dock will mean that Halifax Shipyards can offer shipowners worldwide a complete service, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—re- gardless of the vessel's size. It will widen our potential market very considerably." The agreement to purchase the floating dock was signed jointly by the Honorable John Buchanan, Sfis tllflft w . eUs tor Cranes ^S^jRi Ho^rJino cranes oi v meet Over a century of service PH M. P. HOWLETT, Inc. since 1875 410 32nd St., Union City, N.J. New York—Bowling Green 9-8644 New Jersey—Union 6-1566 GOLTENS DIESEL ENGINE REPAIR & PARTS GET YOU GOING AIMD KEEP YOU GOING "5yli3i b w IS GOTAVERKEN /%MKK KOBE DIESEL MaK BEHGEN diesel WARTS I LA Grand! Motori akasaka diesels, G0LTEN MARINE CO., INC. Headquarters 162 VanBruntSt Brooklyn. N Y 11231 Phone (212) 855-7200 Telex 22-2916 Cable GOLTENS 330 Broad Ave . Wilmington, Calif 90744 Phone (213) 549-2550 TWX 910-345 7480 Cable GOLTENS " air services also at Portland. Me . Miami. Fla , Oslo. Rotterdam, Hong Kong and Singapore !arine Surveyors d Consultants— HULL AND CARGO SURVEYORS, INC. 99 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10038 TELEPHONE: (212) 732-0650 CABLE: HULANCARGONEWYORK Offices: Baltimore Mobile San Juan, PR. Boston New Orleans Tampa Fort Lauderdale Norfolk Vancouver, B.C. Houston Saint Louis Wilmington, Ca. Jacksonville San Francisco Q.C., Premier of Nova Scotia, and the Honorable Elmer Mackay, Canada's Federal Minister of the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. When completed in 1981, the new dock will provide immediate additional employment for about 360 people, bringing the total la- bor force of the yard to over 1,000 employees. Construction of the drydock will cost 35 million Canadian dollars ar.d a further 8.5 million Canadian dollars will provide moorings, on-shore infra- structure and other equipment. The dock will join Halifax Ship- yards' other floating dock — the Scotiadock — which only recently came into operation. This dock (185 meters by 25.2 meters— about 607 feet by 83 feet) has a maximum lifting capacity of 16,000 tons. The yard also operates a grav- ing dock (length 172.9 meters— about 567 feet, draft over keel blocks 9.15 meters—about 30 feet, open width 24.4 meters—about 80 feet) as well as two slipways used for the construction of trawlers and five marine railways across the harbor at Dartmouth Marine Slips. When completed, the new dock will be positioned inside the yard's operation on the Halifax side of the ice-free harbor. Bandon Elected VP And General Manager Of Curtis Bay Towing Of Pa. John F. Bandon The election of John F. Bandon to the position of vice president and general manager of Curtis Bay Towing Co. of Pennsylvania was recently announced by Mal- colm W. MacLeod, president. Mr. Bandon succeeds the former man- ager of Curtis Bay's Philadelphia, Pa.-based operation, Eric W.L. Heeley, who passed away Janu- ary 3, 1980, after a short illness. Curtis Bay Towing has tug fleets based in Baltimore, Md., and Hampton Roads, Va., as well as Philadelphia, and provides har- bor, inland, and ocean towage to the marine industry. Mr. Bandon comes to Curtis Bay from Martin Marietta Corpo- ration, where he was marine man- ager and district sales manager for the New York area. His ex- tensive marine background also included 17 years with Red Star Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. of New York, where he advanced from dispatcher to executive vice president. 10 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News